[soo-per-er-uh-geyt] 
| to do more than duty requires. |
| su·per·er·o·gate (sōō'pər-ěr'ə-gāt') intr.v. su·per·er·o·gat·ed, su·per·er·o·gat·ing, su·per·er·o·gates To do more than is required, ordered, or expected. [Late Latin superērogāre, superērogāt-, to spend over and above : Latin super-, super- + Latin ērogāre, to spend (ē-, ex-, ex- + rogāre, to ask; see reg- in Indo-European roots).] su'per·er'o·ga'tion (-gā'shən) n. |
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